Wrestling

Wrestling is Theatre, part 23564

Geno Mrosko, writing for Cageside Seats:

Acts like Bo Dallas and Adam Rose, which played so well at Full Sail in Orlando, have struggled in front of larger crowds on the road. That said, Dallas and Rose are not Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, who had a match that looked a lot like Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena from the SummerSlam main event last year. Even if some of the charm is lost, these fellas deserve a bigger stage.

Right?

No, they don’t. In theatre, the best performances come through in smaller acting spaces in ways that they simply could not in large venues. It’s not just “charm” that is lost, but nuance, comfort, and truthfulness.

As fans of wrestling as a performance art, we ought to know better than to directly correlate stage size with success. These guys deserve promotion, and adulation, and a whole lot of money—not a bigger stage.

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Uncategorized

I guess this means I have to start writing again

(K) Sawyer Paul (@intlobject):

After a few months of trying to write about wrestling again, I’m deciding to call it quits.

Sawyer’s wrestling-related writing is some of the best I’ve ever read. He is keenly in touch with the deeper pulse of pro-wrestling-as-liberal/performance art, and he has the writing and thinking chops to do justice to his unique position.

I will miss his wrestling-related writing, even if I know that his exits from wrestling writing are about as effective as Terry Funk’s retirements.

Cheers to you, my friend. Wishing you the best of luck on your future endeavours.

You can check out most of Sawyer’s wrestling-related work here and here.

 

 

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Geekery

Apple is cheap

Time.com: John Arlidge’s interview with Jonathan Ive:

When it comes to obsolescence, Ive himself concedes he is carrying the fifth version of a phone that was only invented in 2007, with, yes, a new charger. But, he says: “One of the things that is distinct about our products is that they get reused and passed on.” What do you do with your old iPhones? “Erm. Actually, they’re not mine. They’re the company’s.”

(Emphasis mine.)

Hard to believe that the designer of the iPhone still carries around a 4S. Come on Apple, give the guy a new one!

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Wrestling

Hyperbolic Hulk Hogan

WWE.com “goes one on one with “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan”:

When I was really jitterbugging right before I had to go out, Vince kicked the door down and he gave me this hug that felt like it should have broken my ribs.

  1. … And then I gave him a bodyslam that felt like it should have caused a destructive time-warp earthquake, brother!
  2. … And then I hugged him back with my 52″ pythons that should have turned him into a paraplegic, brother!
  3. … And then he said, “You look like you should still wrestle for the WWE Championship,” brother!
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